First off, Zach is walking very well now. We never had to go to PT. I think he was definitely on his own schedule.
Today, we did our reading and social studies. Gabe started a game where he was having a baby and then Zach wanted to copy. Then Gabe asked about carrying the baby, and I made little wraps for them to put their babies in. Now, Gabe's baby was a basketball ball and Zach's baby was Foofa beanie baby. My planned activity was having Gabe and I come up with house rules that apply to everyone (parents and kids), but I think playing the baby-wearing game counts as social studies, too. I explained to Gabe that both mommies and daddies can wear their babies.
Gabe moved on from his baby wearing, asking when he could put his down, though. Zach, however, has been baby-wearing Foofa all day and gets mad when she falls out of her carrier.
In early March, Yo Gabba Gabba Live will be coming to Portland and we're going! It's has been described as a child's "first rock concert" and we're very excited about it. Zach now loves YGG as much as Gabe. We'll definitely take pics and put them here and on Facebook.
Another project we did was making a YGG character named Gooble. He is not a main character, but appears in a few episodes. He is a friend of Muno and cries all the time. No one knows why, not even him, lol. Gabe is very drawn to this character and after searching online, a lot of other kids are, too. Since Gooble and Muno are shaped alike, we took our old Muno beanie baby, took him apart (we bought Gabe a new Muno beanie baby), and copied the pattern for Gooble from that. Craig started the sewing, but after his wrist started hurting, I finished up.
There was one episode in particular, where Toodee got irritated at Gooble's crying, but Plex told her and everyone else that even though he is sad, they should treat Gooble kindly and with respect. Great lesson!
